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Memorial Day and Public Health
Did you know that most of the over 1.2 million military personnel who have given their lives in service to our country did not actually die in combat? That's right. They died from infectious disease. Until relatively recently in our country's history, infectious disease killed the majority of the troops who entered a wartime theater, not combat operations. Several issues exacerbated the spread of infectious disease among military personal during wartime deployments - poor hyg
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May 242 min read
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